# Best news API in 2026

> [Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrappa/250-pack), [SerpBase](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpbase/100-monthly) and [Serper](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serper/375-pack) are the best news API providers in our benchmark. We benchmarked 3 providers. We list all three, ranked by score. For each one, we show its top scoring plan, each part of the plan's score and what 1,000 searches cost. We rank 321 plans by price. [Litescrape's top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches: $0.15.

1. [Scrappa, $250 pack: News API](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/scrappa/250-pack): Overall score 93.5 (Price 90, Data 99, Cost to get started 70, Bundle 100, Performance 100), $0.25 per 1,000 searches
   - It returns 4 of the 6 key fields we check: Source, Date, Snippet, Image.
   - On 29 October 2026, we sent this provider the same 20 searches as every other provider in our benchmark.
   - This plan scored 0.9934 out of 1 on those 20 searches. That gives this plan a Data score of 99 out of 100.
2. [SerpBase, $100 monthly: News API](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpbase/100-monthly): Overall score 84.8 (Price 78, Data 99, Cost to get started 73, Bundle 98, Performance 56), $0.25 per 1,000 searches
   - It returns 4 of the 6 key fields we check: Source, Date, Snippet, Image.
   - On 29 October 2026, we sent this provider the same 20 searches as every other provider in our benchmark.
   - This plan scored 0.9868 out of 1 on those 20 searches. That gives this plan a Data score of 99 out of 100.
3. [Serper, $375 pack: News API](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serper/375-pack): Overall score 76.0 (Price 55, Data 99, Cost to get started 67, Bundle 90, Performance 63), $0.75 per 1,000 searches
   - It returns 4 of the 6 key fields we check: Source, Date, Snippet, Image.
   - On 29 October 2026, we sent this provider the same 20 searches as every other provider in our benchmark.
   - This plan scored 0.9865 out of 1 on those 20 searches. That gives this plan a Data score of 99 out of 100.

The Data score on news APIs: This score, out of 100, tells you whether a search finds articles about the words you searched. We ask for the first 10 articles of each search. We read each article's own page after the run. The score is the share of articles that hold the words you searched. An article whose page is gone counts as wrong. If a search sends fewer than 10 articles, each missing one counts as wrong. We don't count an article whose site refused us or whose page has no article text. We compare a provider that ran fewer searches than the others with the others on those same searches. A provider can't score higher by running only on easy searches. We lower the score when we test the call on fewer searches than the benchmark has.

Last updated: October 29, 2026. The page: https://datacircle.dev/best-news-api. Every plan: https://datacircle.dev/news-api-pricing. The benchmark: https://datacircle.dev/news-api-pricing/benchmark.csv.